Effects of marine fuel sulfur restrictions on particle number concentrations and size distributions in ship plumes in the Baltic Sea
<p>Exhaust emissions from shipping are a major contributor to particle concentrations in coastal and marine areas. Previously, the marine fuel sulfur content (FSC) was restricted globally to 4.5 <span class="inline-formula"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathM...
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S. D. Seppälä J. Kuula A.-P. Hyvärinen S. Saarikoski T. Rönkkö J. Keskinen J.-P. Jalkanen H. Timonen Effects of marine fuel sulfur restrictions on particle number concentrations and size distributions in ship plumes in the Baltic Sea Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics |
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Effects of marine fuel sulfur restrictions on particle number concentrations and size distributions in ship plumes in the Baltic Sea |
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<p>Exhaust emissions from shipping are a major contributor
to particle concentrations in coastal and marine areas. Previously, the marine
fuel sulfur content (FSC) was restricted globally to 4.5 <span class="inline-formula"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" id="M1" display="inline" overflow="scroll" dspmath="mathml"><mrow><mi>m</mi><mo>/</mo><mi>m</mi><mi mathvariant="italic">%</mi></mrow></math><span><svg:svg xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="37pt" height="14pt" class="svg-formula" dspmath="mathimg" md5hash="de291dba9c17654b59b65ed50c878159"><svg:image xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="acp-21-3215-2021-ie00001.svg" width="37pt" height="14pt" src="acp-21-3215-2021-ie00001.png"/></svg:svg></span></span>, but the
limit was changed to 3.5 <span class="inline-formula"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" id="M2" display="inline" overflow="scroll" dspmath="mathml"><mrow><mi>m</mi><mo>/</mo><mi>m</mi><mi mathvariant="italic">%</mi></mrow></math><span><svg:svg xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="37pt" height="14pt" class="svg-formula" dspmath="mathimg" md5hash="3969ef12f91258f7b3a89480b37dd106"><svg:image xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="acp-21-3215-2021-ie00002.svg" width="37pt" height="14pt" src="acp-21-3215-2021-ie00002.png"/></svg:svg></span></span> at the beginning of 2012 and further down
to 0.5 <span class="inline-formula"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" id="M3" display="inline" overflow="scroll" dspmath="mathml"><mrow><mi>m</mi><mo>/</mo><mi>m</mi><mi mathvariant="italic">%</mi></mrow></math><span><svg:svg xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="37pt" height="14pt" class="svg-formula" dspmath="mathimg" md5hash="3ef0ae0c4ff2b2268085dfc8ea7064e1"><svg:image xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="acp-21-3215-2021-ie00003.svg" width="37pt" height="14pt" src="acp-21-3215-2021-ie00003.png"/></svg:svg></span></span> in January 2020. In sulfur emission control areas (SECA), the
limits are stricter: the FSC restriction was originally 1.50 <span class="inline-formula"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" id="M4" display="inline" overflow="scroll" dspmath="mathml"><mrow><mi>m</mi><mo>/</mo><mi>m</mi><mi mathvariant="italic">%</mi></mrow></math><span><svg:svg xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="37pt" height="14pt" class="svg-formula" dspmath="mathimg" md5hash="1e3cecade7b558bb88aa08ff21caa790"><svg:image xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="acp-21-3215-2021-ie00004.svg" width="37pt" height="14pt" src="acp-21-3215-2021-ie00004.png"/></svg:svg></span></span>, but it
decreased to 1.00 <span class="inline-formula"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" id="M5" display="inline" overflow="scroll" dspmath="mathml"><mrow><mi>m</mi><mo>/</mo><mi>m</mi><mi mathvariant="italic">%</mi></mrow></math><span><svg:svg xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="37pt" height="14pt" class="svg-formula" dspmath="mathimg" md5hash="d7b8eb3155f9c17193c411ba23bf57e9"><svg:image xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="acp-21-3215-2021-ie00005.svg" width="37pt" height="14pt" src="acp-21-3215-2021-ie00005.png"/></svg:svg></span></span> in July 2010 and again to 0.10 <span class="inline-formula"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" id="M6" display="inline" overflow="scroll" dspmath="mathml"><mrow><mi>m</mi><mo>/</mo><mi>m</mi><mi mathvariant="italic">%</mi></mrow></math><span><svg:svg xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="37pt" height="14pt" class="svg-formula" dspmath="mathimg" md5hash="b5e8b92fa7366cf1682ebb26e3889cf9"><svg:image xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="acp-21-3215-2021-ie00006.svg" width="37pt" height="14pt" src="acp-21-3215-2021-ie00006.png"/></svg:svg></span></span> in
January 2015. In this work, the effects of the FSC restrictions on particle
number concentrations (PNCs) and particle
number size distributions (NSDs) are studied in the
Baltic Sea SECA. Measurements were made on a small island (Utö, Finland;
<span class="inline-formula"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" id="M7" display="inline" overflow="scroll" dspmath="mathml"><mrow><mn mathvariant="normal">59</mn><msup><mi/><mo>∘</mo></msup><msup><mn mathvariant="normal">46</mn><mo>′</mo></msup><mn mathvariant="normal">50</mn></mrow></math><span><svg:svg xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="45pt" height="11pt" class="svg-formula" dspmath="mathimg" md5hash="361f20c8fea6feb4cadec56e32b32c7e"><svg:image xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="acp-21-3215-2021-ie00007.svg" width="45pt" height="11pt" src="acp-21-3215-2021-ie00007.png"/></svg:svg></span></span> N, <span class="inline-formula"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" id="M8" display="inline" overflow="scroll" dspmath="mathml"><mrow><mn mathvariant="normal">21</mn><msup><mi/><mo>∘</mo></msup><msup><mn mathvariant="normal">22</mn><mo>′</mo></msup><mn mathvariant="normal">23</mn></mrow></math><span><svg:svg xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="45pt" height="11pt" class="svg-formula" dspmath="mathimg" md5hash="909ba35c84c6ed1dfcd1cdccba6baf67"><svg:image xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="acp-21-3215-2021-ie00008.svg" width="45pt" height="11pt" src="acp-21-3215-2021-ie00008.png"/></svg:svg></span></span> E) between 2007 and 2016. Ship
plumes were extracted from the particle number size distribution data, and
the effects of the FSC restrictions on the observed plumes as well as on the
ambient concentrations were investigated.</p>
<p>Altogether, 42 322 analyzable plumes were identified during the 10-year
measurement period. The results showed that both changes in the FSC
restrictions reduced the PNCs of the plumes. The latter restriction (to 0.10 <span class="inline-formula"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" id="M9" display="inline" overflow="scroll" dspmath="mathml"><mrow><mi>m</mi><mo>/</mo><mi>m</mi><mi mathvariant="italic">%</mi></mrow></math><span><svg:svg xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="37pt" height="14pt" class="svg-formula" dspmath="mathimg" md5hash="eba4411a719b777ebc14eb6e64579718"><svg:image xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="acp-21-3215-2021-ie00009.svg" width="37pt" height="14pt" src="acp-21-3215-2021-ie00009.png"/></svg:svg></span></span> in January 2015) also decreased the ambient particle number
concentrations, as a significant portion of particles in the area originated
from ship plumes that were diluted beyond the plume detection limits. The
overall change in the PNCs of the plumes and ambient air was 27 and 32 %,
respectively, for the total FSC change from 1.50 <span class="inline-formula"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" id="M10" display="inline" overflow="scroll" dspmath="mathml"><mrow><mi>m</mi><mo>/</mo><mi>m</mi><mi mathvariant="italic">%</mi></mrow></math><span><svg:svg xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="37pt" height="14pt" class="svg-formula" dspmath="mathimg" md5hash="cb5d3f272146d5ca83511492f9c758c3"><svg:image xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="acp-21-3215-2021-ie00010.svg" width="37pt" height="14pt" src="acp-21-3215-2021-ie00010.png"/></svg:svg></span></span> to 0.10 <span class="inline-formula"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" id="M11" display="inline" overflow="scroll" dspmath="mathml"><mrow><mi>m</mi><mo>/</mo><mi>m</mi><mi mathvariant="italic">%</mi></mrow></math><span><svg:svg xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="37pt" height="14pt" class="svg-formula" dspmath="mathimg" md5hash="7d0b91af68789ab5e41ac295c43f1b5d"><svg:image xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="acp-21-3215-2021-ie00011.svg" width="37pt" height="14pt" src="acp-21-3215-2021-ie00011.png"/></svg:svg></span></span>. The
decrease in the plume particle number concentration was caused mostly by a
decrease in the concentration of particle sizes of between approximately 33 and 144 nm. The latter restriction also reduced the geometric mean diameter of the
particles, which was probably caused by the fuel type change from residual
oil to distillates during the latter restriction. The PNC was larger for the
plumes measured at daytime than for those measured at nighttime, likely
because of the photochemical aging of particles due to UV light. The
difference decreased with decreasing FSC, indicating that a lower FSC also has an impact on the atmospheric processing of ship plumes.</p> |
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doaj-67813c9a3d7c4b8a9c05c5550d08a3f32021-03-03T14:02:24ZengCopernicus PublicationsAtmospheric Chemistry and Physics1680-73161680-73242021-03-01213215323410.5194/acp-21-3215-2021Effects of marine fuel sulfur restrictions on particle number concentrations and size distributions in ship plumes in the Baltic SeaS. D. Seppälä0J. Kuula1A.-P. Hyvärinen2S. Saarikoski3T. Rönkkö4J. Keskinen5J.-P. Jalkanen6H. Timonen7Atmospheric Composition Research, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki 00560, FinlandAtmospheric Composition Research, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki 00560, FinlandAtmospheric Composition Research, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki 00560, FinlandAtmospheric Composition Research, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki 00560, FinlandAerosol Physics Laboratory, Tampere University, Tampere 33100, FinlandAerosol Physics Laboratory, Tampere University, Tampere 33100, FinlandAtmospheric Composition Research, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki 00560, FinlandAtmospheric Composition Research, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki 00560, Finland<p>Exhaust emissions from shipping are a major contributor to particle concentrations in coastal and marine areas. Previously, the marine fuel sulfur content (FSC) was restricted globally to 4.5 <span class="inline-formula"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" id="M1" display="inline" overflow="scroll" dspmath="mathml"><mrow><mi>m</mi><mo>/</mo><mi>m</mi><mi mathvariant="italic">%</mi></mrow></math><span><svg:svg xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="37pt" height="14pt" class="svg-formula" dspmath="mathimg" md5hash="de291dba9c17654b59b65ed50c878159"><svg:image xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="acp-21-3215-2021-ie00001.svg" width="37pt" height="14pt" src="acp-21-3215-2021-ie00001.png"/></svg:svg></span></span>, but the limit was changed to 3.5 <span class="inline-formula"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" id="M2" display="inline" overflow="scroll" dspmath="mathml"><mrow><mi>m</mi><mo>/</mo><mi>m</mi><mi mathvariant="italic">%</mi></mrow></math><span><svg:svg xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="37pt" height="14pt" class="svg-formula" dspmath="mathimg" md5hash="3969ef12f91258f7b3a89480b37dd106"><svg:image xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="acp-21-3215-2021-ie00002.svg" width="37pt" height="14pt" src="acp-21-3215-2021-ie00002.png"/></svg:svg></span></span> at the beginning of 2012 and further down to 0.5 <span class="inline-formula"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" id="M3" display="inline" overflow="scroll" dspmath="mathml"><mrow><mi>m</mi><mo>/</mo><mi>m</mi><mi mathvariant="italic">%</mi></mrow></math><span><svg:svg xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="37pt" height="14pt" class="svg-formula" dspmath="mathimg" md5hash="3ef0ae0c4ff2b2268085dfc8ea7064e1"><svg:image xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="acp-21-3215-2021-ie00003.svg" width="37pt" height="14pt" src="acp-21-3215-2021-ie00003.png"/></svg:svg></span></span> in January 2020. In sulfur emission control areas (SECA), the limits are stricter: the FSC restriction was originally 1.50 <span class="inline-formula"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" id="M4" display="inline" overflow="scroll" dspmath="mathml"><mrow><mi>m</mi><mo>/</mo><mi>m</mi><mi mathvariant="italic">%</mi></mrow></math><span><svg:svg xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="37pt" height="14pt" class="svg-formula" dspmath="mathimg" md5hash="1e3cecade7b558bb88aa08ff21caa790"><svg:image xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="acp-21-3215-2021-ie00004.svg" width="37pt" height="14pt" src="acp-21-3215-2021-ie00004.png"/></svg:svg></span></span>, but it decreased to 1.00 <span class="inline-formula"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" id="M5" display="inline" overflow="scroll" dspmath="mathml"><mrow><mi>m</mi><mo>/</mo><mi>m</mi><mi mathvariant="italic">%</mi></mrow></math><span><svg:svg xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="37pt" height="14pt" class="svg-formula" dspmath="mathimg" md5hash="d7b8eb3155f9c17193c411ba23bf57e9"><svg:image xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="acp-21-3215-2021-ie00005.svg" width="37pt" height="14pt" src="acp-21-3215-2021-ie00005.png"/></svg:svg></span></span> in July 2010 and again to 0.10 <span class="inline-formula"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" id="M6" display="inline" overflow="scroll" dspmath="mathml"><mrow><mi>m</mi><mo>/</mo><mi>m</mi><mi mathvariant="italic">%</mi></mrow></math><span><svg:svg xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="37pt" height="14pt" class="svg-formula" dspmath="mathimg" md5hash="b5e8b92fa7366cf1682ebb26e3889cf9"><svg:image xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="acp-21-3215-2021-ie00006.svg" width="37pt" height="14pt" src="acp-21-3215-2021-ie00006.png"/></svg:svg></span></span> in January 2015. In this work, the effects of the FSC restrictions on particle number concentrations (PNCs) and particle number size distributions (NSDs) are studied in the Baltic Sea SECA. Measurements were made on a small island (Utö, Finland; <span class="inline-formula"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" id="M7" display="inline" overflow="scroll" dspmath="mathml"><mrow><mn mathvariant="normal">59</mn><msup><mi/><mo>∘</mo></msup><msup><mn mathvariant="normal">46</mn><mo>′</mo></msup><mn mathvariant="normal">50</mn></mrow></math><span><svg:svg xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="45pt" height="11pt" class="svg-formula" dspmath="mathimg" md5hash="361f20c8fea6feb4cadec56e32b32c7e"><svg:image xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="acp-21-3215-2021-ie00007.svg" width="45pt" height="11pt" src="acp-21-3215-2021-ie00007.png"/></svg:svg></span></span> N, <span class="inline-formula"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" id="M8" display="inline" overflow="scroll" dspmath="mathml"><mrow><mn mathvariant="normal">21</mn><msup><mi/><mo>∘</mo></msup><msup><mn mathvariant="normal">22</mn><mo>′</mo></msup><mn mathvariant="normal">23</mn></mrow></math><span><svg:svg xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="45pt" height="11pt" class="svg-formula" dspmath="mathimg" md5hash="909ba35c84c6ed1dfcd1cdccba6baf67"><svg:image xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="acp-21-3215-2021-ie00008.svg" width="45pt" height="11pt" src="acp-21-3215-2021-ie00008.png"/></svg:svg></span></span> E) between 2007 and 2016. Ship plumes were extracted from the particle number size distribution data, and the effects of the FSC restrictions on the observed plumes as well as on the ambient concentrations were investigated.</p> <p>Altogether, 42 322 analyzable plumes were identified during the 10-year measurement period. The results showed that both changes in the FSC restrictions reduced the PNCs of the plumes. The latter restriction (to 0.10 <span class="inline-formula"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" id="M9" display="inline" overflow="scroll" dspmath="mathml"><mrow><mi>m</mi><mo>/</mo><mi>m</mi><mi mathvariant="italic">%</mi></mrow></math><span><svg:svg xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="37pt" height="14pt" class="svg-formula" dspmath="mathimg" md5hash="eba4411a719b777ebc14eb6e64579718"><svg:image xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="acp-21-3215-2021-ie00009.svg" width="37pt" height="14pt" src="acp-21-3215-2021-ie00009.png"/></svg:svg></span></span> in January 2015) also decreased the ambient particle number concentrations, as a significant portion of particles in the area originated from ship plumes that were diluted beyond the plume detection limits. The overall change in the PNCs of the plumes and ambient air was 27 and 32 %, respectively, for the total FSC change from 1.50 <span class="inline-formula"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" id="M10" display="inline" overflow="scroll" dspmath="mathml"><mrow><mi>m</mi><mo>/</mo><mi>m</mi><mi mathvariant="italic">%</mi></mrow></math><span><svg:svg xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="37pt" height="14pt" class="svg-formula" dspmath="mathimg" md5hash="cb5d3f272146d5ca83511492f9c758c3"><svg:image xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="acp-21-3215-2021-ie00010.svg" width="37pt" height="14pt" src="acp-21-3215-2021-ie00010.png"/></svg:svg></span></span> to 0.10 <span class="inline-formula"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" id="M11" display="inline" overflow="scroll" dspmath="mathml"><mrow><mi>m</mi><mo>/</mo><mi>m</mi><mi mathvariant="italic">%</mi></mrow></math><span><svg:svg xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="37pt" height="14pt" class="svg-formula" dspmath="mathimg" md5hash="7d0b91af68789ab5e41ac295c43f1b5d"><svg:image xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="acp-21-3215-2021-ie00011.svg" width="37pt" height="14pt" src="acp-21-3215-2021-ie00011.png"/></svg:svg></span></span>. The decrease in the plume particle number concentration was caused mostly by a decrease in the concentration of particle sizes of between approximately 33 and 144 nm. The latter restriction also reduced the geometric mean diameter of the particles, which was probably caused by the fuel type change from residual oil to distillates during the latter restriction. The PNC was larger for the plumes measured at daytime than for those measured at nighttime, likely because of the photochemical aging of particles due to UV light. The difference decreased with decreasing FSC, indicating that a lower FSC also has an impact on the atmospheric processing of ship plumes.</p>https://acp.copernicus.org/articles/21/3215/2021/acp-21-3215-2021.pdf |